I hate waiting!

[Bigdaddy]

Awesome!

 

[Venom]

stilll waiting.
its on the truck for delivery, unfortunately, sometimes its 9PM before UPS gets here.

oh well, there's diesel in the shop heater so it WILL be on the truck at some point tonight.

 

[Trupiano]

I can't wait for my vararam.... so close!

 

[Venom]

ok so...
Tracking shows delivered at 7:12
installed and tools put up by 8:00
including stopping to take pics and opening up the shop/filling the heater

not too bad for an exhaust job

unpacked

oooooh shiny

old vs new

sounds downright sexy!

 

[Bigdaddy]

Nice mines come in tomorrow.

 

[Venom]

I dunno what the deal is, but the 3" inlet on mine was a little too big.

I had to crank the HELL out of the clamp to get it to even thing about sealing.

I'm a big boy (6'5" / 330lb) and I ended up using a 1/2" breaker bar to tighten it - I'm REALLY surprised I didnt break the bolt in the clamp.

when it was what I would have called tight with a regular 1/2" ratchet - it still rattled on the pipe!

It eventually sealed but man, I put a whole lot more on that little bolt than I ever thought I should....

 

[cowboykyle88]

Sorry to sway away from the topic a little but does just a muffler change make a difference in hp, throttle response, mpg? Or are they just for sound??

 

[Black express]

Looked good, mine will be here Thursday

 

[B-RadsBadRam]

Exhaust will free up a little hp but not enough to really notice. Just makes the truck sound good for the most part. Mufflex that is, a complete exhaust overhaul with freeflow cats no resonators and y pipe or straight dual would produce the most hp and better sound but not really worth the $ in my opinion. I have done it both ways, I am happy with the mufflex.

 

[bigbadram1500]

Sweet

 

[Venom]

so I just got done wiring in the lights and took it for a drive
it sounds good!
its not as loud as I thought it would be, might like a 14" better but we'll see how this does after some miles.